{"id":51760,"date":"2024-10-06T01:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T01:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ancient-bitcoin-whale-moves-more-btc-to-kraken"},"modified":"2024-10-06T05:49:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T05:49:47","slug":"ancient-bitcoin-whale-moves-more-btc-mined-from-2009-arkham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilynews.com\/blog\/?p=51760","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Ancient&#039; Bitcoin whale moves more BTC mined from 2009: Arkham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An \u201cancient\u201d Bitcoin whale that mined BTC in the Bitcoin network\u2019s first two months of existence has moved more BTC to cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, a blockchain data firm says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Bitcoin was mined ONE MONTH after Bitcoin\u2019s launch in Feb\/March 2009,\u201d Arkham Intelligence pointed out in an Oct. 4 X post.<\/p>\n<p>The mysterious Bitcoin whale transferred 10 Bitcoin (BTC) \u2014 worth $610,000 \u2014 in the latest Oct. 3 transfer.<\/p>\n<p>They have now moved $3.58 million to Kraken since Sept. 24. Before that, the wallet address had been dormant for a decade, Arkham noted in an earlier X post:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAfter moving several times from 2011-2014, his Bitcoin was then held dormant for almost 10 YEARS straight &#8211; during which it increased in value from $474K to over $80M.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u201c3JZsd\u2026QerUW\u201d wallet address currently holds 1,169 Bitcoin (BTC) \u2014 worth $72.4 million at today\u2019s prices \u2014 Arkham data shows.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2024-10\/01925af1-16d7-729b-9399-f7124ff39519\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption><em>Source: <\/em><em>Arkham Intelligence<\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It comes amid renewed speculation over the true identity of Bitcoin\u2019s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.<\/p>\n<p>HBO is set to release the \u201cMoney Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery\u201d documentary on Oct. 8 which the producers claim will reveal who Nakamoto is.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Exclusive: Inside a Swiss nuclear bunker\u2019s secret Bitcoin vault<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Deceased American computer scientist Len Sassaman is the odds-on favorite to be named Nakamoto in the HBO documentary.<\/p>\n<p>Sassaman was a renowned cypherpunk who committed suicide on July. 3, 2011 \u2014 a little over two months after Nakamoto disclosed they had \u201cmoved on to other things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A memorial of Sassaman was encoded into Block 138,725 of the Bitcoin blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear exactly what connection Sassaman had with Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>However, Cointelegraph found several 13-year-old X posts of Sassaman criticizing Bitcoin for its lack of \u201cprivacy\u201d features and \u201cfraud reversal protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2024-10\/01925af0-784b-796d-b818-a8e2a0291abb\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption><em>Bitcoin-related X posts shared from Sassaman\u2019s X account in 2011. Source: <\/em><em>Len Sassaman<\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in 2021, Sassaman\u2019s late wife Meredith Patterson said to the \u201cbest of my knowledge, Len was not Satoshi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin is currently trading at $61,815 \u2014 up 1.5% over the last 24 hours but still 16% off its March. 14 all-time high of $73,738, CoinGecko data shows.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Magazine: <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Bitcoin ETFs make Coinbase a \u2018honeypot\u2019 for hackers and governments: Trezor CEO<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Check <span style=\"background: #FDFBAC; padding: 1px 4px;\">other news for today<\/span> and Please stand by..<\/p>\n<p>*********************************<\/p>\n<p>If one of the paying programs on our Monitor appeals to you, please support <em>EmilyNews<\/em> by registering for it on our website. 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